In the sacraments, spirit and matter "kiss." Heaven and earth embrace in a union that will never end.

The free exchange of consent properly witnessed by the Church establishes the marriage bond. Sexual union consummates it - seals it, completes it, perfects it. Sexual union, then, is where the words of the wedding vows become flesh.

God's plan remains God's plan despite our sin.

Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image.

Marital love is a reflection of how God loves. It is free, total, faithful and fruitful.

If we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most violently profaned.

For those with the purity to see it, a nursing mother is one of the most precious, most beautiful, and most holy of all possible images of woman.